Sir: There is no need to play games of `what
if' in order to determine the response of the British people to a Nazi occupation (What did you do in the occu- pation, Daddy?', 8 April); we need only examine what has happened since the country became an outlying province of the Franco-German Empire (commonly known as the 'EEC').
Her Majesty having gracefully acquiesced in the transfer of the powers of the Crown to the European Commission, Parliament continues to sit at Westminster for the pur- pose of rubber-stamping orders from Brus- sells. Its symbolic claim to sovereignty, notwithstanding any occasional attempt at independent thought, is ruthlessly sup- pressed by the so-called 'European Court' which enforces obedience to the Commis-. sion's Directives. Leading members of all major parties conspire to hide the truth of their impotence from the people, even to the extent of taking the blame for unpopu- lar measures required by EEC Directives, such as the application of VAT to areas previously exempt.
Senior businessmen openly support the new regime, and igess for even further ero- sion of national characteristics, such as the artificial transplantation of the country into a time zone totally unsuitable for it, and the elimination of the national currency. Lead- ing figures in the arts are also enthusiastic collaborators; even the editors of publica- tions such as The Spectator and the Tele- graph find it necessary to pay a leading lit- erary figure to emulate Lord Haw-Haw with constant propaganda over how won- derful continental Europe is (leaving us to wonder why, if it's really good, Auberon Waugh doesn't go and live there and spare us his drivel).
The bureaucracy and judiciary are most enthusiastic in their support for EEC rule; diktats from Brussels, no matter how harmful to Britain, are enforced with an inflexible and dogmatic arrogance which amazes even those responsible for their drafting. The wealth of the country flows in an unending steam to mainland Europe; many national industries (such as the fish- eries) are totally forbidden; others are so beset with punitive restrictions and regula- tions as to be rendered them unviable.
Resistance so far has been minimal and ineffective, amounting to little more than sullen resentment, which is directed at the party nominally in 'power' and thus ironi- cally manifests itself as support for the main 'opposition' party, which is even more avowedly federalist.
It is a sorry story. Alas, it's hard to believe that the reaction to annexation by Berlin would be any different from that to annexation by Brussels.
M. P. Wadman
10 Weatherby Court, 226 South Norwood Hill, London SE25
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